Associated congenital anomalies among cases with Down syndrome

C Stoll, B Dott, Y Alembik, MP Roth - European journal of medical genetics, 2015 - Elsevier
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common congenital anomaly widely studied for at least
150 years. However, the type and the frequency of congenital anomalies associated with DS
are still controversial. Despite prenatal diagnosis and elective termination of pregnancy for
fetal anomalies, in Europe, from 2008 to 2012 the live birth prevalence of DS per 10,000 was
10. 2. The objectives of this study were to examine the major congenital anomalies occurring
in infants and fetuses with Down syndrome. The material for this study came from 402,532 …